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woolleysheep | 11:54 Sun 14th Jan 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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A genre - from French - is a kind or sort. For example, detective stories and romantic stories are two possible novel genres.
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1770, from Fr. genre "kind, sort, style," from O.Fr. (see gender). Used especially in Fr. for "independent style," as compared to "landscape, historical," etc.

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